The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-04
FLORIDA.

The steamer Rockledge will be brought to
jacksonville from Indian river for repairs
in about month.
A Barlow cattle owner has made con-
tract with one of the butchers of Jackson
vile to furnish him 800 head of beef cattle
during the summer.
A thoroughly equipped street railroad will
soon be built from DeFuniak Springs to
Lake Stanley, two miles distant A large
hotel will soon be built at Lake Stanley also
At Jacksonville arrangements were closed
Monday for paving Laura street from Bay
TO Orange, the citizens along the street CON
tributing thereto. The cost of the work
will be about So 200. .,.
The contract for the construction of Wal
ton countys new county court house and
Jail has been let to a Pensacola contractor
on a bid of 81, 700 Both buildings will be
of brick and modern in style.
Fort Myers Press: The SAVANNAH MORN
INC NEWS is out in a new and beautiful
dress of type throughout. 1t is one of the
leading papers of the country, and ranks de
servedly high with the people.
The complimentary hop given by the Fer
nandina Volunteers in honor of First Lieut.
LeFils' marriage came off last Friday night
and was well attended. The hall was nicely
decorated, and music was furnished by one
r. Jacksonville's string bands Dancing
was kept up until after midnight.
No clue as to the identity or whereabouts
of the robbers who entered the residence of
James F. Bowers, County Treasurer of Wal
ton county, on the night of April is and
carried off $1,000 of the county funds has
yet been obtained, nor has any of the money
been recovered. A reward of S525 is offered
for the arrest and conviction of the thief
DeFuniak Critic: One day last week a
very unfortunate affair occurred at Sum-
merville, one mile beyond Argyle, between
Mr.. Jesse Wade and the Flournoys, Messrs
John Flournoy and Scott Flournoy, his SON.
From the best Information about the affair
it seems that she difficulty was the result of
an attachment levied on the property of
Wade by the Flournoys to satisfy a debt
that he owed them 1t also appears thai
after a few words had been passed about the
| levy, Wade became somewhat reconciled
and bought some shot from the young
| Flournoy, who clerks in the store for his
father, and after purchasing the shot re-
| him down on the railroad that evening
and they would settle the matter
| with guns We are also informed that
Wade went to a house in the neighborhood,
traded a watch for shotgun and returned
to Summerville, or was rather passing Sum-
merville going in the direction of the place
he had appointed to meet the elder Flour
noy, when the shooting commenced WaLe
says that young Flournoy fired at him from
window i'll the rear part of the store,
whereupon he turned around and returned
the fire, shooting at the same time that the
second shot was made by young Flournoy
About this time the elder Flournoy, hearing
the shooting, ran out with gun and fired
at Wade, thinking, perhaps, that his SON had
been killed. Wade was shot in the back,
breast and thighs, inhicting some very ugly,
but not necessarily dangerous wounds
The affair is very much regretted by all,
yet who is to blame for it we are unable to